African artists are not only present on the global stage but are shaping the languages of art itself.
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His photographs reveal what immigrants carry with them: resilience, creativity and cultural knowledge.
Ableist microaggressions are made by able-bodied people who don’t understand the realities of living with a disability.
The end of colonisation did not dismantle the BBC’s operation – the style was already embedded in the broadcasting system.
Colonialism criminalised local knowledge systems.
Evangelical filmmakers turned prayers into special effects and spiritual battles into dramatic storylines and created a new genre.
Ghanaian film-makers struggle to access international distribution.
There is no single way of becoming an adult in the world.
The Christian Council of Kenya got involved in a violent colonial effort to rehabilitate independence fighters. It saw this as an opportunity to evangelise.
French authorities allowed sex work because they believed brothels could help prevent interracial relationships from developing.
Born in rural KwaZulu-Natal, double amputee Sphelele Dlamini faces fresh challenges playing basketball in France.
Being far away creates profound emotional barriers. Despite this grandparents are finding ways to stay emotionally present.
Iraq’s massive agricultural system, believed to have been built by enslaved Africans, has been given dates by the first archaeological study of its kind.
The films discussed by the women I interviewed served as commentaries on the social costs of poverty on the family. This is a popular Nollywood theme.
Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their menus.
Eventually, I found his famous novels in a souvenir shop in his home town that mostly sold skin-care products.
On 24 April 1950, 29 members of Dini ya Msambwa, an anti-colonial religion, were killed by British forces. The UK government refuses to acknowledge this massacre.
The old dictum that the press promotes the views of those who own and support it was as true during slavery and apartheid as it is now.
What would Jesus do? Chatbots generated by artificial intelligence bring a new kind of challenge to religion.
A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for reconciliation.
Germany’s genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama has been well documented, but the massacre of the Bushmen from 1912 to 1915 is seldom discussed.
A visit to a campus bookstore reveals layers of history about Nigeria.
Many African abolitionists who fought and lost their lives in the struggle against slavery have gone unacknowledged.
The study examined the school backgrounds of over 1,000 elite men’s cricketers in eight countries over 30 years.
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.